Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 146: Getting a free bargain and doing bad things [Three chapters in one]

February 22, the first year of Daxia

On the second floor of the wooden house, at the entrance of the camp.

"This knife weighs over 600 pounds. It's really powerful!"

"The sword is for close combat, but this ten-stone iron bow is even more powerful."

"My brother-in-law said that when we go out hunting with the leader, we rarely have the opportunity to engage in close combat, and we basically use bows and arrows."

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Lin Kai and Xu Ning looked excited, constantly gesturing with the broadswords and iron bows in their hands, and whispering from time to time.

The members of the logging camp who came to the camp to submit resources couldn't help but reveal envy in their eyes when they saw the two men and the weapons in their hands.

Even Shi Ping, who had just distributed weapons to the two men, cast envious glances at them from time to time.

Almost everyone in the camp knew that among the three people who broke through to the Digging Realm at the same time the day before yesterday, except Cheng Feng who would continue to lead the gathering team, Lin Kai and Xu Ning had both been promoted to the hunting team.

Camp supply station, craftsman workshop, hunting team, logging team, and gathering team.

Although on the surface, the five departments of Daxia each have their own responsibilities and there is no distinction between high and low, people love to compare, especially after the contribution is measured, the gap in treatment and status immediately becomes obvious.

The members of the hunting team are undoubtedly the first echelon of Daxia. The status of this group of people is even higher than that of the heads of the three departments, Cheng Feng, Bai Dongying, and Mu Dong.

The reasons are very simple. One is strength, and the other is contribution points.

Take clothes for example. At present, in the whole camp, only all members of the hunting team are wearing a full set of clothes, and even most of their families have put on clothes as well.

As for the other four departments, there were only a few hundred people in total who put on clothes. Many of them benefited from the contribution points they accidentally gained from driving away the rats last time. In terms of proportion, they could not be compared with the hunting team.

Of course, this is due to the number of people, but everyone knows that the most important thing is that the other four departments are not as good as the hunting team in terms of their ability to obtain contribution points.

At present, the ways to obtain contribution points in the camp are, after all, gathering and hunting. People in the other four departments can only rely on gathering, and they can only gather wood and crystal fruits. At most, they can earn more than ten contribution points a day, which is the best they can do.

But the hunting team was different. They could earn up to 50 points a day just from mining. They also forged iron tools, went out to hunt low-level cold beasts, and went to the depths of Redwood Ridge to collect medicinal materials. From time to time, they would be assigned to protect the logging members who went out to collect...

Just in terms of the ways to obtain contribution points, there are more than them.

Not to mention the amount obtained in a single time is also much larger than theirs.

Of course, what is more important is to follow the leader to hunt intermediate-level cold beasts.

Everyone in the camp now knows that an intermediate Snowmane is worth 4500 contribution points, and the leader does not participate in the profit sharing. In the past half month, the hunting team has brought back three intermediate Snowmanes every night.

This means that the fifteen members of the hunting team can get 900 contribution points every night...

One night, 900 points!
What does 900 contribution points mean?
This means that in one night, you can change six sets of clothes, or a five-stone iron bow, a big sword, dozens of ordinary iron tools, and other wooden and animal skin products, not to mention...

This alone is enough to drive everyone crazy.

Anyone in the camp who has some ambition is now working hard to break through the digging realm and become a member of the hunting team.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Lin Kai and Xu Ning, who got there first, aroused the envy of these people.

"Okay, both of you are grinning from ear to ear, stop showing off here, have you applied the fire-condensing oil?"

The rest of the hunting team members also came over one after another.

Yue Feng saw the smug looks on their faces and smiled and joked.

"Hahaha, brother-in-law, it has been applied a long time ago."

"Hehe, we finally get to follow the leader out. As soon as night falls, Lin Kai and I come here to get ready and wait for you and the leader!"

Yue Feng is Lin Kai's brother-in-law. Together with Xu Ning and Lin Kai, they were originally members of the earliest group of lumberjacks in Da Xia. The relationship between the three was originally very close.

"The first time you went out, you two rented the broadsword and the iron bow together. This month, the rental cost 100 contribution points. It's unclear whether you can earn it back!"

"With the addition of the fire condensing oil and torches, you two have already spent more than 150 contribution points before you even start earning them. Don't spend more than you earn!"

Luo Yuan and Zhao Long, who were standing by, couldn't help but join in the joke.

"Ah, what should I do? My contribution points are not enough!"

Lin Kai spoke in a nervous tone, but his performance was so obvious that everyone couldn't help but chuckle when they heard it.

"Don't lie to me. I've already heard that following the leader out once can earn at least 900 contribution points. Don't mention that these things only cost 150 points a month. Even if it's 1,500 points, I'm not afraid!"

“Hahahahahahahaha………………”

Everyone burst into laughter. Luo Yuan and Zhao Long, whose joke had failed and was discovered, could not help but burst into laughter.

Xia Chuan, who walked out of the camp, couldn't help laughing.

As long as they can go out with Xia Hong steadily and rent these supplies, they will rent them without hesitation, even if the price is twice as high, let alone 1,500 points. After all, even so, they can still make a profit.

The contribution point rentals for the broadsword and iron-framed bow are actually more symbolic, after all, there are not many digging realm people in the camp.

"Are you all ready?"

However, as Xia Hong's voice came from the corridor, everyone's laughter stopped immediately, and they all turned to look towards the corridor.

Xia Hong was carrying a huge double-edged axe, holding an iron bow, with the ceremonial sword on his waist. He was still wearing a black cloak and black animal leather boots, and walked slowly down the corridor.

Strangely enough, Xia Hong's physique was not outstanding among the members of the hunting team. Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, Zhao Long, and several others were all much bigger and stronger than him.

But in the eyes of everyone, Xia Hong, who was walking out of the corridor at this moment, seemed to be several times larger than all of them. There seemed to be an invisible air flow surging around his body, giving people an inexplicable sense of oppression.

As the distance gets closer, this sense of oppression becomes deeper and stronger.

It seems that it makes people even breathless...

"All deaf?"

Xia Hong's thunderous voice rang in their ears, and everyone shuddered and immediately answered in unison: "Ready!"

Xia Hong nodded, and his gaze slowly shifted to the edge of the crowd. He looked at Xu Ning and Lin Kai with a smile on his face.

"lets go!"

"Yes, leader!"

All seventeen people nodded in agreement, followed Xia Hong fully armed, left the camp, and headed straight into Redwood Ridge.

After entering Redwood Ridge, Xia Hong led everyone directly north.

Seventeen people all showed some excitement on their faces.

They all knew that this trip might not be for hunting, but the main purpose was to patrol the northern territory and see if anyone from the Mirror Fairy Camp had crossed the border during this period.

The aggressive attitude of He Meng and his group during the encounter with the swarm of rats was still fresh in their minds. The members of the camp's hunting team had never had a good impression of the Mirror Fairy Camp, so they were naturally hoping to run into them at this moment.

The territory previously designated by Lu Shang Camp was actually only the northernmost 500 meters. Xia Hong ordered everyone to disperse and check the outer 500-meter area, and they soon searched the entire area.

People who came back one after another also reported their discoveries.

"There are traces of human activities in many places."

"There are obviously fewer low-level frigid beasts in the periphery. They must have been hunted down."

"A lot of trees were also cut down. They must have been people from the Mirror Fairy Camp."

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The content of everyone's report was also within Xia Hong's expectations.

But when he realized that the people in Jingxian Camp didn't take the words he asked Yuwen Tao to take back to heart, his face couldn't help but become much gloomy.

"I found traces of a large number of people walking in on the west side. They were very recent, probably just an hour or two ago!"

Until Luo Yuan, who finally came back, finished speaking.

Xia Hong immediately turned his head and looked to the west, and said in a deep voice:
"Let's go in and see how capable these guys are!"

Hearing the anger in Xia Hong's low voice, everyone's expressions became much more solemn. They quickly followed Xia Hong and rushed towards the west, which was deep in the Redwood Ridge.

The traces of activities on the periphery are very clear, and we can roughly judge that the number of hunting team members in Jingxian Camp is more than 20, which is similar to the one we encountered last time.

But the further we went into Redwood Ridge, the more blurred these traces of activity became, until we could not find them at all.

"The snow is too thick, the temperature is too low, the density of the cold beasts is high, and they seem to be deliberately covering up their traces of activities. We can't find them!"

After going more than 1,300 meters deep, Xia Hong found that he could no longer track the opponent's trace. He looked deeper into the west and frowned slightly.

When he led a hunting team before, except for the first time when he was chasing Snowmane and accidentally went four or five kilometers deep, the rest of the time he basically controlled the hunting area within 1500 meters.

At this current position, you can actually see clearly within a range of 1500 meters.

Even if you can't see it, the size of the intermediate cold beast is there. As long as it is hunting, you can hear some movement with your ears pressed to the ground.

But here, there is still nothing to find.

Then there is only one possibility...

"The strength of the Jingxian camp is stronger than ours. If they have been hunting here for more than half a month, it is not surprising that they have gone deeper. Brother, let's look deeper!"

Xia Chuan's tone was ruthless, as if he would not give up until he found the people from Jingxian Camp.

Upon hearing this, the others nodded, obviously agreeing with Xia Chuan's words.

"Then keep looking inside. Xia Chuan is in the front, and the other two will form a group and search separately. Be careful to hide. When you get to a place, listen to the movements on the ground first. This should help us find them faster!"

With Xia Hong and Xia Chuan in front as the center, the remaining sixteen people split up into groups of two and started searching as they went deeper.

The area was not large to begin with, and with everyone dispersed like this, soon, after just over half an hour, a group of people heard the noise.

"Northwest, I don't know how far away, but I can hear the vibration!"

They were Yuan Cheng and Luo Yuan who were heading to the northwest.

After hearing the report, Xia Hong immediately blew the bone whistle softly a few times.

Xia Chuan in the front and the other six groups of people quickly surrounded them.

"There is another group of people, who is missing?"

Seeing that only seven groups of people came back, Xia Hong frowned.

Everyone confirmed with each other and soon found out who it was.

"It's Xu Ning and Lin Kai!"

Hearing the names of these two people, the expressions of the others suddenly darkened.

"These two stupid guys, won't they run too far?"

"It's my first time going out hunting. I don't have much experience. Maybe I went too far."

"Split up and look for it nearby..."

Xia Hong subconsciously gave up the intention of searching the northwest side, and asked everyone to look for the two people separately. However, before he finished speaking, Lin Kai's voice came from the east side.

"Chief, Chief, come quickly with me, we have made another great discovery!"

Lin Kai's face was filled with obvious ecstasy. He even called out to Xia Hong from ten meters away without even walking over.

Xia Hong looked a little suspicious, but seeing that there was nothing unusual about Lin Kai, he followed him.

The others looked at each other for a while, and although they also looked suspicious, when they saw Xia Hong had already walked past, they immediately followed behind.

Everyone followed Lin Kai and walked more than 300 meters to the east before they saw Xu Ning waving at them from a big tree in the distance.

The moment they saw Xu Ning, everyone's pupils suddenly shrank.

"There is a cold beast above Xu Ning's head!" "The cold beast is not moving, is it asleep?"

"The devil sheep is a devil sheep."

"No, it seems to be..."

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As everyone exclaimed in surprise, they quickly took out the bows and arrows on their backs. The three Zhao Long brothers, who were the fastest, had even put arrows on them and were ready to shoot.

"Wait, that demon sheep is already dead!"

Xia Hong, who was walking in the front, interrupted everyone's discussion. With a look of joy on his face, he also had some guesses in his mind. Then he quickly rushed towards Xu Ning's position.

"Captain, this demon sheep is already dead, with many wounds on its body. It must have been hunted by someone else and temporarily stored here!"

On the big tree, Xia Hong reached out and touched the knife wound on the demon sheep's forehead. Seeing that the blood on the wound had not completely dried up, his expression instantly became strange.

The others had also climbed up the tree by now. They looked at the huge corpse of the demon sheep, which was arranged to look like it was sleeping. After thinking for a moment, their expressions suddenly became amused.

"This... was hunted by the Mirror Fairy Camp?"

"Of course, just like us. One is not enough for one night. We hide the ones we kill here first and bring them back after the hunt is over!"

“Hahahaha, this is really…”

"We got this for free, right?"

"Hahahaha, let's see if they dare to reach out. This is going to be interesting. We haven't hunted the demon sheep yet!"

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The tone of everyone in the hunting team suddenly became excited.

Xia Hong put away his strange expression at this time, thought for a moment, turned back to look at Xia Chuan, pointed at the demon sheep and ordered: "Drain all its blood!"

"Captain, don't you want the meat anymore?"

A mid-level cold beast's main source of blood is its meat, which is actually not much different from that of a low-level cold beast. However, the meat yield of a mid-level cold beast is at least four to five thousand kilograms. With so much meat being sold so cheaply at the Jingxian Camp, everyone is still a little reluctant to part with it.

"We have to keep the meat. Otherwise, how would they know that we were the ones who released the blood? Hahahahahaha..."

Xia Chuan reacted quickly, laughed a few times, took out a soft leather bag, cut open the chest of the demon sheep, and started bleeding.

The others were stunned when they heard Xia Chuan's words, then they immediately reacted and a sly smile appeared on their faces.

Yes, if the whole cold beast is taken away, the other party might think that it was done by another cold beast. Draining the blood and leaving the meat is obviously man-made.

"We risked our lives to hunt the demon sheep, but in the end, we shed all its blood. Haha!"

In just a moment, all the blood of the demon sheep was released. Xia Chuan put away the animal skin bag and couldn't help laughing a few times.

Xia Hong couldn't help but feel in a good mood. He turned around and looked at Lin Kai and Xu Ning with an expression full of appreciation. He waved his hand and said proudly: "Xu Ning and Lin Kai, you two did a good job. This bag of magic sheep blood is worth 3000 contribution points. You two can split it equally!"

Hearing that they could each get 1500 contribution points, Lin Kai and Xu Ning could not help but be stunned for a moment. After they reacted, they bowed to Xia Hong excitedly:
"Thank you, Chief!"

It was my first time going out, and I had already received 1500 contribution points before I even started hunting cold beasts.

Lin Kai and Xu Ning's faces were filled with excitement and excitement. Even Xia Chuan, Luo Yuan and others next to them couldn't help but feel a little envious when they saw them.

"Okay, Luo Yuan, lead the way, let's go to the northwest to see if it's them!"

According to the traces observed on the outskirts before, Jingxian Camp has come here quite a few times in the past half month, and I don’t know how many intermediate-level cold beasts they have hunted and killed.

These cold beast resources all belong to the Daxia Camp!
The blood of this demon sheep is not enough for them to pay off their debts.

A cold light flashed in Xia Hong's eyes. He asked Luo Yuan to lead the way and led a group of people towards the place where he had just heard the noise.

Everyone followed Luo Yuan and walked about one kilometer to the northwest, and immediately felt some movement coming from the ground in the distance.

"It's to the west. Judging from the noise, it should be about 400 to 500 meters away!"

Even at night, the visibility at Redwood Ridge is actually not low.

The main problem is the trees. The diameter of these big trees is often more than ten meters, and some are even thicker. So once you are far away, the vision is easily blocked, and you can only judge the direction and approximate distance by the movement.

After Xia Hong got up from the ground, he turned around and looked at everyone and said, "It's the same as before. Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan follow me. The rest of you should spread out in the back based on the positions of the three of us. When you see someone, prepare your bows and arrows immediately. Pay attention to my gestures!"

The tacit understanding cultivated over a long period of time enabled everyone to immediately understand Xia Hong's intention, and the fifteen people quickly dispersed in all directions.

"Let's go and have a look!"

Seeing that the rest of the people had dispersed, Xia Hong spoke up and took Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan with him, heading directly towards the place where the noise had just been heard.

Snap... bang... whoosh... whoosh...

"Keep cumming, don't stop!"

"This evil beast has entered Kui Ze and has no strength left. Shoot it quickly!"

"Roar…………"

As the distance got closer, the movement in front became clearer.

There were the sounds of trees breaking and falling, the sound of arrows shooting in rapid succession, the sound of someone giving orders, and the roar of cold beasts...

When the distance was shortened to about a hundred meters, everyone could actually see clearly the hunting scene of a group of people in front of them.

Under a giant ice tree, seven or eight people holding huge axes were fighting with a Teng Jiao. Arrows were flying out from more than ten large trees around, shooting at the vulnerable parts of the Teng Jiao's body.

Behind the big tree, there was a golden-armored Lei Kui, lying on the ground with wounds all over its body, completely motionless. Its body length was nearly ten meters, and it was about the same size as the last time they saw it.

"This is, Teng Jiao?"

"It's a Teng Jiao, but it's estimated to be about 60 to 70 meters long, so it should be an intermediate level!"

"No, there's another one over there!"

"That was the golden-armored Lei Kui I saw last time. He's dead."

"This group of people is so powerful. They just killed a Lei Kui and then attacked Teng Jiao?"

"Not only that, Lei Kui, Teng Jiao, and the demon sheep, this group of people actually hunted down three different species of intermediate-level cold beasts in a row."

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At first, Xia Hong didn't feel anything about the discussions among the crowd.

Only when he heard Xia Chuan's last sentence did his expression become much more serious.

After all, it is a giant camp, and its foundation is much stronger than that of Daxia.

Hunting down three intermediate-level cold beasts of different species in a row requires not only strength, but also sufficient understanding of the habits, skills and weaknesses of different cold beasts.

These valuable experiences can only be obtained by predecessors who risked their lives to try. They are one of the most precious assets of a camp and cannot be obtained by just hiding in the camp and practicing.

"Look carefully, it's a good opportunity to see where Teng Jiao's weakness is!"

After hearing Xia Hong's words, Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan immediately realized that this was a rare learning opportunity. Their eyes lit up slightly and they hurriedly looked at it carefully.

"A mid-level Teng Jiao doesn't create poisonous fog like a low-level Teng Jiao?"

"Impossible! This should be considered one of Teng Jiao's special advantages. There is no reason why it would disappear after evolving!"

Hearing the two people's confusion, Xia Hong frowned slightly, but after carefully watching the battle scene of the people in Jingxian Camp for a while, he immediately had some guesses.

"They don't dare to touch Teng Jiao's body, and they have been intentionally or unintentionally leading Teng Jiao to the swamp."

After Xia Hong finished speaking, he watched Teng Jiao's movements carefully.

Coincidentally, Teng Jiao's body fell into the swamp at this time. It bared its fangs, tried to use its tail to support the ground, prop up its upper body, and turned around to attack the people behind it.

A magical scene happened.

The tail of the Teng Jiao exerted force on the swamp and actually began to sink into it. The harder it exerted force, the faster it sank.

After a while, the tail of more than ten meters was completely buried.

Moreover, after it got stuck in, it couldn't be pulled out...

"The habitat of Lei Kui can actually be used to hunt Teng Jiao!"

Seeing this, Xia Hong knew what was going on and couldn't help but exclaim in his heart. Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan beside him had similar expressions.

Of course, it's amazing.

Xia Chuan did not forget why he had gone to such great lengths to come here to find the people from Jingxian Camp tonight.

He saw clearly that among the group of people in the Jingxian Camp in front, the one leading and directing everyone was He Meng.

Seeing that half of the Teng Jiao's body had sunk into the swamp, he quickly turned around and whispered to Xia Hong:
"Brother, it's almost time. If you don't take action, this Teng Jiao will die!"

Xia Hong had already surveyed the nearby terrain. Seeing that Teng Jiao's injuries were getting worse, he realized that time was running out. He immediately turned his head to Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan and whispered a few words.

Upon hearing this, the two men's eyes lit up slightly, and then they took out several prepared torches from their bodies, split up, and ran to the left and right, just in time to go around the north and south sides of the location where He Meng and his group were hunting Teng Jiao.

Xia Hong turned around and looked around, picked a big tree, climbed directly to the top about 70 or 80 meters away, and looked to the left and right.

Soon, a torch was lit one kilometer away in the south.

Immediately afterwards, another one lit up about two kilometers to the north.

Although they were far away and the light from the torches was dim, Xia Hong could still see clearly that the two torches were moving quickly towards the center.

Of course, torches are secondary.

The important thing is that as the torches on both sides lit up, Xia Hong could see clearly that there was a huge monster on each side of the north and south, which was quickly approaching the torches.

Bang bang bang…………

As the huge monster got closer, the noise gradually became louder.

He Meng and his group, who had not yet killed the Teng Jiao, suddenly changed color and looked towards the north and south sides respectively.

"Help!"

"Save me, save me..."

As two beams of fire approached from the dense forest in the distance, panicked screams were heard from the north and south sides.

He Meng and others had not stopped shooting arrows in their hands.

But his face had already turned ashen.

"Why is there someone coming here at this time?!"

"Still being hunted by the cold beast..."

"Bad things, bad things, these two bastards!"

"Get out! Get out! Don't attract the cold beasts here! Run somewhere else!"

He Meng was so desperate and at a loss that he even turned around and roared at the people approaching from the north and south sides, trying to drive them away.

But his roar was destined to be in vain.

Although Xia Chuan and Luo Yuan pretended to be panicked, they were already very happy in their hearts. They were still about a hundred meters away from He Meng and others, and they estimated that the cold beast behind them was very close to them and would be caught up soon.

The two men threw the torches in their hands towards them...

　Why do people say I make less? My daily average is 6000, and sometimes it goes up to 7 or 8. It's really not a small amount.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)